| 1. |  | The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
from Picador
Price: $10.08
Customer Review:
A transparent attempt to justify the new colonialism. In the 16th century it was the great nations of Europe, in the 21st it is the multinational corporation. It is still exploitation of the haves by the have-nots, just a lot of new lipstick on the same old pig! | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | A Short History of Nearly Everything
from Broadway
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
Let me start by saying that this was one of the most interesting and enjoyable books I have ever read!
The author starts by explaining the beginning of the universe and he discusses it in a very intriguing and easy to understand way. The truly "astronomical" numbers are put into interesting... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The God Delusion
from Houghton Mifflin
Price: $17.82
Customer Review:
Man speaks the truth!!!, with all due apologies to David Hume and my philosophy Professors in college. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
from W. W. Norton
Price: $16.47
Customer Review:
With over 1,000 reviews on Amazon it is quite unlikely you will read anything different in my review than all the other five star reviews. I must say that Jared Diamond has written an extraordinary book. The question he tackles with GGS is, "Why and how did wealth and power develop in some areas and... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 5. | ![]() | AN INCOMPLETE EDUCATION
from HARPERCOLLINS
Customer Review:
An Incomplete Education is just as it was described both in content and condition. It came in a timely manner. I would not hesitate to order again through amazon. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books)
from Viking Adult
Price: $16.47
Customer Review:
I am a pediatrician who was schooled years ago on the traditional mind maps and felt as I read this excellent summary of clinical and scientific work that there is truly hope on the horizon for those who have had little in the past. We have done a lot for those with heart ailments including... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies
from W.W. Norton & Co.
Price: $34.65
Customer Review:
This is a fascinating book, but one that could be improved. However, the positive (FOR, below) much outweighs the negative (AGAINST, below).
FOR: This book is full of interesting material, most of which is well explained. It follows how eusocial insects construct complex insect societies that... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
from Plume/Penguin
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
Brilliant and inspiring. It gives a great understanding of music and how we perceive it. It is written in a very accessible language for those of us music enthusiasts with no knowledge of neuroscience. | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Collapse (Allen Lane Science)
from Allen Lane
Customer Review:
Human history is full of tantalizing riddles. Some of the most fascinating of these arise from the appearance of ancient ruins in unlikely places, such as Easter Island, or the dense jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula. To the uninitiated, these ruins are the ghosts of phantom civilizations whose... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | The World Without Us
from Thomas Dunne Books
Price: $16.47
Customer Review:
very interesting book that does a good job of using historical and current phenomenon to illustrate how things would turn out. personally, i love the idea of a world without people and found this to be a very appealing book. | 4.0 / 5.0
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